Scam: MG TF 55 for Sale in Gijon, Spain
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Hello, the MG forum is not my natural habitat ;-) but I had to post this.
I was contacted by a client to facilitate in the export of an MG TF from 55 for Sale in Gijon, Spain. The car had popped up on a German car website (and was removed after a couple of days) and was sold at a very low price (about 5500£). My client was in contact with the seller and he wanted to do a quick sale because of family issues and proposed to work with a transportation firm that would handle all the paperwork transport and money. Just like the seller, the people from the transport company Transafe-Europe (with HQ in the UK and phonenumber starting with +44) only spoke Italian.
My client would have to pay 580€ for the paperwork and 30% of the total sum of the car to this transport firm. They would deliver it at her address and if she did not like the car the transport firm would take back the car but refund the 30%. If she liked the car she would have to pay the Transport Firm the remaining amount.
I was contacted because she believed as well that if something sounds to good to be true it probably is... SO I started looking into the comapny and the passport pictures sent by the seller.
I could not find any reference to transafe-europe or it's employees and the passport pictures we received were fake. The format was only used in Spain up until 2005 but the validity date (clearly a copy/paste job in photoshop)was from 2005 to 2015. The name and address on the passport were correct but the guy on the picture did not match. He was much younger. Also the name was a typical Spanish name and the guy only spoke Italian. :-)
I recommended my client not to buy the car.
I wanted to post this so it basically shows up in searches and if he tries again.
Cheers,
Tom.
I was contacted by a client to facilitate in the export of an MG TF from 55 for Sale in Gijon, Spain. The car had popped up on a German car website (and was removed after a couple of days) and was sold at a very low price (about 5500£). My client was in contact with the seller and he wanted to do a quick sale because of family issues and proposed to work with a transportation firm that would handle all the paperwork transport and money. Just like the seller, the people from the transport company Transafe-Europe (with HQ in the UK and phonenumber starting with +44) only spoke Italian.
My client would have to pay 580€ for the paperwork and 30% of the total sum of the car to this transport firm. They would deliver it at her address and if she did not like the car the transport firm would take back the car but refund the 30%. If she liked the car she would have to pay the Transport Firm the remaining amount.
I was contacted because she believed as well that if something sounds to good to be true it probably is... SO I started looking into the comapny and the passport pictures sent by the seller.
I could not find any reference to transafe-europe or it's employees and the passport pictures we received were fake. The format was only used in Spain up until 2005 but the validity date (clearly a copy/paste job in photoshop)was from 2005 to 2015. The name and address on the passport were correct but the guy on the picture did not match. He was much younger. Also the name was a typical Spanish name and the guy only spoke Italian. :-)
I recommended my client not to buy the car.
I wanted to post this so it basically shows up in searches and if he tries again.
Cheers,
Tom.
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